Fungal skin infections

Link to DermNet's pages about fungal skin infections.

• Introduction to fungal infections

Yeast infections

Candida

• Candida general information
• Napkin dermatitis (diaper rash)
• Oral candidiasis (oral thrush)
• Vulvovaginal candidiasis (vaginal thrush)
• Candida intertrigo (skin fold infection)
• Paronychia (nail fold infections)
• Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
• Cyclic vulvovaginitis (cyclical symptoms due to vulvovaginal candidiasis)

Malassezia

• Malassezia general information
• Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor
• Malassezia (pityrosporum) folliculitis
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis

Dermatophyte infections

• Mycology (study of fungi)
• Laboratory tests for fungal infection
• Tinea infections
• Tinea barbae (fungal infection of the beard)
• Tinea capitis (fungal infection of the scalp)
• Tinea corporis (fungal infection of the trunk and limbs)
• Tinea cruris (fungal infection of the groin)
• Tinea faciei (fungal infection of the face)
• Tinea incognita (often spelled incognito; steroid-treated fungal infection)
• Tinea manuum (fungal infection of the hand)
• Tinea pedis (fungal infection of the foot)
• Tinea unguium (onychomycosis, fungal nail infection)
• Majocchi granuloma (deep fungal infection of hair follicles)
• Kerion (fungal abscess)
• Dermatophytide (id) reactions (dermatitis in reaction to tinea infection)

Deep fungal infections

• Aspergillosis
• Blastomycosis
• Cryptococcosis
• Chromoblastomycosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Mycetoma
• Sporotrichosis
• Sporotrichoid spread
• Systemic mycoses
• Zygomycosis

Other fungal infections

• Mould infections
• Tinea nigra
• Favus
• Tropical skin diseases

Treatment of fungal infections

• Treatment of fungal infections
• Oral antifungal medications
• Topical antifungal medications

Differential diagnosis of fungal infections

• Athlete's foot (rash between the toes, which is often caused by a fungal infection but not always)
• Cradle cap (pityriasis capitis, infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp)
• Intertrigo (body fold rashes)